Yeah~ today marks not just my second year of blogging,another friend who's tuning sixteen today,but also the end of the preliminaries(Three Cheers~).
First, this marks my second sucessive year of blogging, so do expect more updates to come sooner(this is the best time to celebrate about something after the failure of a major examination).
Next, Happy birthday to Pei Xuan, who won't have to sneak into the cinema threatre to watch NC 16 movies(happy 16th birthday to you~). Yong Chuan sure was high today, cause he suceeded in giving her a gift for the second time, and this time, he went further, giving her one that was in a big bag(wow).
Thridly(I seldom celebrate so many thins at once), today's the last day of the O Level preliminaries!Plus, I can gurantee a 70% chance that today's paper, the Additional Mathematics Paper Two, will earn me a distinction(compared to my failing grade of F9 months ago).Maybe again, let's not count on it again, for it might be another failing grade.
Don't really have that much to say for now, except that this could be the last post till mid November, when all that hard work pays off. However, there's really no need to worry, for it's just two months, before I can continue as per normal yea?
Anyway,Here's something for yesterday. While the whole school was studying or having their examinations, the twelve of us went to class to slack(Fong Yong joined us only at 9am). WE did all kinds of things in there, ranging from reading to sports. When it was finally time, to the laboratory we went, and guess what, just for the thirteen of us, the corridor of the laboratory was cordoned off.Unfortunately, I met with some difficulty finding the right readings for the first section and lost lots of time there. Lost of time leads to less time and less time would also mean the lack of time to complete the tabulation of results and the drawing of the graph. Thus, I did not finish 3marks' worth of workings. OK then that's all I guess, the last paper's going to be starting in a couple of hours...
To this a new start,
To that an old end.
The future carries new experiences
The past entraps old memories
What ever the outcome might be, the past and present might have become something a simple and valuable memory. However, fret not, for though you might be taking the plunge now, the future can be changed-you still got a chance to turn the tables around.
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A destiny,
What will it be?
What will foretell?
A wish,
What can it do?
What truths can it unravel?
A life,
What can it say?
What will its jouney be like?
There's no definite line between the three elements that I had been thinking about just a few moments ago, and decided to come up with this...
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Speeding Kills
Yes,it sure does. I got killed mentally by speeding today.
I'll just give brief highlights for the new week of the final term of secondary school life, which is a very unique week in ten years of education.
TERM FOUR WEEK ONE,2007:
GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EXAMINATION ORDINARY LEVEL
INTERNAL PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
Monday
Geography Elective, Science(Chemistry/Biology) practical
Geography, happy to say that I was just three sentences behind time, that's all, and I did complete my map reading section in 50 minutes, which is a bit of an improvement, since I completed that part in 70 minutes during the last Semestral Examination.
To Date, that day's practical sure was the most fascinating of all the practicals I had ever done and attempted in secondary school. First, you could hear frequent shattering of glass. Next, I succeeded in making my reagents explode while heating(cheers)!My third reason, I brought my samples from the Biology experiment home, and gosh,they looked like c*****s, because they had a partially permeable membrane.Sadly, as the samples cannot be kept under normal conditons for too long, I had to dispose of them three days later.
Tuesday
Social Studies, Science(Biology) Paper 4
Social Studies wasn't that of a killer, except that I was just one sentence away from finishing the whole paper. Nevermind, it's just two marks, not that bad.
Biology.My favourite subject, and currently I found a new way to study for this subject:usage of photographic memory(it's not powerful enough for me to memorise the whole book this way). With that, I save time memorising the drawings and diagrams.
Wednesday
Elementary Mathematics Paper 1,Physics Papers 1 and 2.
Today's a killer, with 5 hours and 15 minutes of examination time spent in the hall in three sittings.Don't have much to say for Mathematics, except that If I was more composed during the paper(including all Mathematics papers), it would be a definite distinction.I have the knowledge, but somehow I need some sort of a stimulant in my mind to get them out normally.Anyway, things were a little funny today, with those taking the Physics paper 1 finishing 15 minutes before the Science(Physics) candidates. However, there was a sawp of the tables when the Physics candidates returned intot he examintion hall. As soon as the thirteen of us started off on our 1hour 45 minute paper, there were tremors. The Science(Physics) candidates were vacating the hall!Ok, I dont really mind thier noises, but it was the vibrations(my table was literally shaking) that dirupted my chain of thoughts for the claculations and explainations.
Physics was like a beach, where the seabed gets deeper as you travel further offshore.That's how most of us felt about paper 1. I manage to clinch a B3 for this one(yea~ from a borderline pass to an average score) at 26/40. Next, the Physics paper 2 was the exact opposite of our Semestral Assessment 1 for this year. Instead of tough explainations, today's paper had all sorts of funny figures(and I mean figures) for the workings and equations. Hope I will do better than last time.
Thursday
Elementary Mathematics Paper 2, Science(Chemistry) Paper 2
These papers did not prove to be much of a hassle, so I did the papers quite normally.Till now, I'm still wondering how I managed to do the questions in the Mathematics paper.
Friday
Science(Chemistry/Biology)Paper 1,Additional Mathematics Paper 1
Yes!I broke my record for the Science paper. 15 minutes for the Chemistry questions, and 5 minutes for the Biology questions(guess I aced it). Frankly,I did not believe that I could finish the 20 Biology questions within 5 minutes(normally I took at least 10 minutes).
Alright, on to the paper that sort of got me devastated today. I paid the most attention to this paper, and for this day as well. Anyway, it was this particular question on functions that indirctly killed me. Not to forget, I fumbled again, thanks to the many careless mistakes that surfaced again. Yea, took the precautions and all, but still, i got more or less the same results.Nevermind. With just thirty minutes left, I rushed through the last four questions of the paper. I was certain that I did not care less about getting the right answers. But heck, as long as I got the method marks, I'll not fail,ya?So, there you go, I finished with one small unfinished portion of the paper. After that, I was emptionally empty, after putting in all that effort only to get anohter failing grade. So, straight home it would be. Maybe next week I'll head out for an hour or so to relief myself?Next week, for the second paper, I will not commit the same mistake that I had been commiting since the Semestral Assessment One.Never.
Highlights of next week:
TERM FOUR WEEK TWO,2007:
GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EXAMINATION ORDINARY LEVEL
INTERNAL PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
Second Birthday of my blog~
Checking of Papers
It's getting nearer,I can feel it, but let's just hold out a little longer. Feeling like breaking down this moment,especially after another great fall at the second attempt.But hey,we're almost there...
I'll just give brief highlights for the new week of the final term of secondary school life, which is a very unique week in ten years of education.
TERM FOUR WEEK ONE,2007:
GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EXAMINATION ORDINARY LEVEL
INTERNAL PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
Monday
Geography Elective, Science(Chemistry/Biology) practical
Geography, happy to say that I was just three sentences behind time, that's all, and I did complete my map reading section in 50 minutes, which is a bit of an improvement, since I completed that part in 70 minutes during the last Semestral Examination.
To Date, that day's practical sure was the most fascinating of all the practicals I had ever done and attempted in secondary school. First, you could hear frequent shattering of glass. Next, I succeeded in making my reagents explode while heating(cheers)!My third reason, I brought my samples from the Biology experiment home, and gosh,they looked like c*****s, because they had a partially permeable membrane.Sadly, as the samples cannot be kept under normal conditons for too long, I had to dispose of them three days later.
Tuesday
Social Studies, Science(Biology) Paper 4
Social Studies wasn't that of a killer, except that I was just one sentence away from finishing the whole paper. Nevermind, it's just two marks, not that bad.
Biology.My favourite subject, and currently I found a new way to study for this subject:usage of photographic memory(it's not powerful enough for me to memorise the whole book this way). With that, I save time memorising the drawings and diagrams.
Wednesday
Elementary Mathematics Paper 1,Physics Papers 1 and 2.
Today's a killer, with 5 hours and 15 minutes of examination time spent in the hall in three sittings.Don't have much to say for Mathematics, except that If I was more composed during the paper(including all Mathematics papers), it would be a definite distinction.I have the knowledge, but somehow I need some sort of a stimulant in my mind to get them out normally.Anyway, things were a little funny today, with those taking the Physics paper 1 finishing 15 minutes before the Science(Physics) candidates. However, there was a sawp of the tables when the Physics candidates returned intot he examintion hall. As soon as the thirteen of us started off on our 1hour 45 minute paper, there were tremors. The Science(Physics) candidates were vacating the hall!Ok, I dont really mind thier noises, but it was the vibrations(my table was literally shaking) that dirupted my chain of thoughts for the claculations and explainations.
Physics was like a beach, where the seabed gets deeper as you travel further offshore.That's how most of us felt about paper 1. I manage to clinch a B3 for this one(yea~ from a borderline pass to an average score) at 26/40. Next, the Physics paper 2 was the exact opposite of our Semestral Assessment 1 for this year. Instead of tough explainations, today's paper had all sorts of funny figures(and I mean figures) for the workings and equations. Hope I will do better than last time.
Thursday
Elementary Mathematics Paper 2, Science(Chemistry) Paper 2
These papers did not prove to be much of a hassle, so I did the papers quite normally.Till now, I'm still wondering how I managed to do the questions in the Mathematics paper.
Friday
Science(Chemistry/Biology)Paper 1,Additional Mathematics Paper 1
Yes!I broke my record for the Science paper. 15 minutes for the Chemistry questions, and 5 minutes for the Biology questions(guess I aced it). Frankly,I did not believe that I could finish the 20 Biology questions within 5 minutes(normally I took at least 10 minutes).
Alright, on to the paper that sort of got me devastated today. I paid the most attention to this paper, and for this day as well. Anyway, it was this particular question on functions that indirctly killed me. Not to forget, I fumbled again, thanks to the many careless mistakes that surfaced again. Yea, took the precautions and all, but still, i got more or less the same results.Nevermind. With just thirty minutes left, I rushed through the last four questions of the paper. I was certain that I did not care less about getting the right answers. But heck, as long as I got the method marks, I'll not fail,ya?So, there you go, I finished with one small unfinished portion of the paper. After that, I was emptionally empty, after putting in all that effort only to get anohter failing grade. So, straight home it would be. Maybe next week I'll head out for an hour or so to relief myself?Next week, for the second paper, I will not commit the same mistake that I had been commiting since the Semestral Assessment One.Never.
Highlights of next week:
TERM FOUR WEEK TWO,2007:
GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EXAMINATION ORDINARY LEVEL
INTERNAL PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
Second Birthday of my blog~
Checking of Papers
It's getting nearer,I can feel it, but let's just hold out a little longer. Feeling like breaking down this moment,especially after another great fall at the second attempt.But hey,we're almost there...
Friday, September 07, 2007
Trials
THE school holidays has finally hit the last weekday. Puting many things aside, seems like many events unfold during this one week of intense revision period and other things.
First, Monday was sort of like off to school for a course. Polytechnic life, the student is free to come and go as and when he or she wants to go. I came just to experience polytechnic life as well as to gain new insight into a course that I had never heard of(that's what made this trip interesting).Singapore Polytechnic that was, and I went with Randall and Attiqah on board course H(I think it's more to design). There were practically no examinations for the 4 Diploma courses offered here, though there is one, which is like an audition. Not to forget,heading out to Jurong Entertainment Centre with Chong Siang,Suzane and Wei Fan for dinner, before setting my eyes on two more ptential models(the Eternal and the Minerva from the gundam seed series,an anime)
This week seemed to be an odd-numbered-day orientated one, since the major events occured only on Monday,Wednesday and of course,today.Tuesday,nothing, just some intense Mathematics,Humanities and Science revision,same for Thursday.
Wednesday. This day shall be ranked number two in the things that passed time most quickly.
Went back to school to ask Mr Liew some questions on Mathematics, as well as did Social Studies and Physics revision in school. There were only eight of us there,Andy,Gabriel,Fong Yong,Banu,Carina,Jun Jie,Steven and I that morning, although someone said that most of the class,if not, the whole class was coming.Since I did not have many questions to ask, I practically did more questions which were challenging all the way till 12 plus in the afternoon. By the way,we started at 9.30 that morning. Went for lunch near the school, and found out that Mr Liew sure deserved the Most Energetic Teacher Award during the Teachers' Day Celebrations. We talked about almost anything while waiting for me to finish my noodles(extra spicy,should have resisted the temptation).Come to think of it, you don't have to spend six or even nine hours a day on revision, since all you need is to understand and remember what you had revised for that day. Surprisingly,I completed my revision for the day within five hours.Wow.
Alright,now on to today. I tried this out for today exclusively,but not for the fun of doing it though. First, play some computer games shortly after you awake early(and I mean early) at around 4am perhaps? After that, grab a textbook and some notes(especially for science) and just do the memorising. You will find that you can actually remember most of the facts very quickly. However, don't try it for mathematics, in the sense that you do a full mathematics paper(I practically failed as I did it half awake). It was almost 6am when I did that. After that, get some sleep before you start revision again at 10am. Now that's really extreme.Sadly, Dad found out about it(maybe becasue I forgot to keep the notes after finishing the revision?) and got away with advice(I don'thave to use it at all). And as for the reward, I could head out again on another lone trip to Suntec City for the Cyber Games Convention.I din't go,unfortunately. First it was going to rain, next,my mother told me there would be more chances of going out with friends after the examinations, so why bother to go there alone for now?I prefer to visit exhibitions alone,especially when there's a crowd there(no need to worry about losing sight of friends and family and you tend to squeeze through the crowds more easily). Nevermind, one hour might not be enough for this, so, why not go again with my whole family tomorrow,when things would be more fun with them around.I had planned to go at 3.30pm, but I calculated that I would not have enough time to complete walking around the whole thing in one hour,since you could play some computer games there as well,since I had to be back by 6 for dinner and more revision.
Anyway,this holiday sure has been a fruitful one for me,given the circumstances that I was ale to experience both the bright and dark sides of polytechnic and junior college life before I made my final decision(confirmation and determination of where to go) this week.So,three more days it is to the prelims, wishing all taking examinations all the best as usual!
First, Monday was sort of like off to school for a course. Polytechnic life, the student is free to come and go as and when he or she wants to go. I came just to experience polytechnic life as well as to gain new insight into a course that I had never heard of(that's what made this trip interesting).Singapore Polytechnic that was, and I went with Randall and Attiqah on board course H(I think it's more to design). There were practically no examinations for the 4 Diploma courses offered here, though there is one, which is like an audition. Not to forget,heading out to Jurong Entertainment Centre with Chong Siang,Suzane and Wei Fan for dinner, before setting my eyes on two more ptential models(the Eternal and the Minerva from the gundam seed series,an anime)
This week seemed to be an odd-numbered-day orientated one, since the major events occured only on Monday,Wednesday and of course,today.Tuesday,nothing, just some intense Mathematics,Humanities and Science revision,same for Thursday.
Wednesday. This day shall be ranked number two in the things that passed time most quickly.
Went back to school to ask Mr Liew some questions on Mathematics, as well as did Social Studies and Physics revision in school. There were only eight of us there,Andy,Gabriel,Fong Yong,Banu,Carina,Jun Jie,Steven and I that morning, although someone said that most of the class,if not, the whole class was coming.Since I did not have many questions to ask, I practically did more questions which were challenging all the way till 12 plus in the afternoon. By the way,we started at 9.30 that morning. Went for lunch near the school, and found out that Mr Liew sure deserved the Most Energetic Teacher Award during the Teachers' Day Celebrations. We talked about almost anything while waiting for me to finish my noodles(extra spicy,should have resisted the temptation).Come to think of it, you don't have to spend six or even nine hours a day on revision, since all you need is to understand and remember what you had revised for that day. Surprisingly,I completed my revision for the day within five hours.Wow.
Alright,now on to today. I tried this out for today exclusively,but not for the fun of doing it though. First, play some computer games shortly after you awake early(and I mean early) at around 4am perhaps? After that, grab a textbook and some notes(especially for science) and just do the memorising. You will find that you can actually remember most of the facts very quickly. However, don't try it for mathematics, in the sense that you do a full mathematics paper(I practically failed as I did it half awake). It was almost 6am when I did that. After that, get some sleep before you start revision again at 10am. Now that's really extreme.Sadly, Dad found out about it(maybe becasue I forgot to keep the notes after finishing the revision?) and got away with advice(I don'thave to use it at all). And as for the reward, I could head out again on another lone trip to Suntec City for the Cyber Games Convention.I din't go,unfortunately. First it was going to rain, next,my mother told me there would be more chances of going out with friends after the examinations, so why bother to go there alone for now?I prefer to visit exhibitions alone,especially when there's a crowd there(no need to worry about losing sight of friends and family and you tend to squeeze through the crowds more easily). Nevermind, one hour might not be enough for this, so, why not go again with my whole family tomorrow,when things would be more fun with them around.I had planned to go at 3.30pm, but I calculated that I would not have enough time to complete walking around the whole thing in one hour,since you could play some computer games there as well,since I had to be back by 6 for dinner and more revision.
Anyway,this holiday sure has been a fruitful one for me,given the circumstances that I was ale to experience both the bright and dark sides of polytechnic and junior college life before I made my final decision(confirmation and determination of where to go) this week.So,three more days it is to the prelims, wishing all taking examinations all the best as usual!
Sunday, September 02, 2007
Teachers' Day 2007 Phototgraphs
Here are some of the photographs taken during yesterday's Teachers' Day celebrations in school. Most of the pictures were obtained from Andy and yesterday's official and in-official photographers(thanks for the pictures).Following are the pictures taken on the first and second day of the decorating process:
An essential hand-made item for every celebration and party,the invitation card:
The very first item that the team started work on, the two Banners...
The first:
Andy,Weng Ling,Banu and Carina are really focused on the cuttings
Siang Lin and her 'C'
The Black background's finally up,and O.o why does Siang Lin has an additional pair of hands???
4E1's very first bubble tea shop:Happy Tea~
and it feels great to have Afian back as our assistant and advisor on Wednesday~
Now,on to the second:
This is one of the toughest tasks for the decorations,as instead of drawing and colouring, friends had to cut out templates for the spray painting to be carried out...
Randall,Banu,Gloria,Yong An(I think), Kuan Wei and Ying Xiu decorating and wrapping up the wine glasses to be used as gifts for the teachers
The end products~
There, a reunion of the founding members of ELDDS Drama Society, two years after their debut performance at the Drama of History Competition in 2005(could this be their swan song?PS:hope not)...
Not to forget:Damien's performance that was a real morale booster for those who were decorating the class on Thursday. It sure was a great start to the long time we took to decorate the class on the second day...Thanks Damien~
Classmates busy putting up the decorations for the actual day all the way till nine in the evening on Thursday even though it was getting late. Must have been tough on everyone,but it seemed like everyone was not tired yet...This was,to me, the best 6 hours I had spent during the two days of decorating the classroom for the BIG event and I enjoyed myself thoroughly during those times!
The ribbons and balloons going up to create the "red-carpet" effect for Ms Lim and the other subject teachers of class 4E1
An attempt to dress up the lights with glass paper(if that's what they're called) to create the ambiance of being in a nightclub,with the final touches being made to the rest of the classroom(the backdrop aka the banner for the 'stage') This is a job suited only for the very tall of 4E1
Damien with Yong An and Wei Xiang performing an item for the camera~
Yea~Mr Liew was back to see us!Well, at least we were glad that he was well enough to at least pay us a visit late at night in school,when we were working against time to complete the surprise for the teachers, especially Ms Lim the next day.Thanks Mr Liew, and do get well soon~
Some extra photographs taken on the way home on Thursday night(a typical student does not always experience this often on his/her way home from school at night):
The new school building at night(seems nice)
Into the darkness
30minutes later at 9.50pm:
I think the others will reach hoe before I do,but,I'm almost home~
The full moon was really big that evening(the blue light in the horizon), sure is a once in a blue moon sort of thing...
Now,On to the actual day:
The side gate was reported and was to be locked at all times yesterday(as instructed by the security guard)...
ACES DAY:you don't always get to see this in school, teachers wearing the school PE attire.
A pose for the camera
Mr Chia enjoying a game of floor ball in a teachers-students game at the street soccer court behind the techinical block
The 4E1 team,formed at the eleventh hour,beating another student's team to get a chance to get back at the teachers!
Alas!The moment that class 4E1 had been waiting for has arrived! The drama item put up by the founding members of the ELDDS Drama Society who took part in the Drama of History competition and clinched thrid place for the school in 2005. Here, there are two guest-stars in this performance.Can you identify them?(Hint:look at the earlier photographs)
Group, Pair and class photos taken during the celebrations in class 4E1:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Post-Teachers' Day Celebrations at class 4E1, YCSS
Sadly,some of the decorations had to go,although we were given the green light by Ms Lim to keep some of them
Finally, this is the very first batch of photographs that I had put up on this blog, after almost another year of blogging, so, this is my "surprise" to mark two years of blogging?As a matter of fact, these are just some of the photographs which I obtained from Andy's,Steven's and Damien's blogs(since they're among the first to have the pictures up).It's thanks to them that I was able to put these up as a mini album.
If only times like these never failed to occur day after day,month after month and year after year. If that was so, how enjoyable life would be for all of us...
An essential hand-made item for every celebration and party,the invitation card:
The very first item that the team started work on, the two Banners...
The first:
Andy,Weng Ling,Banu and Carina are really focused on the cuttings
Siang Lin and her 'C'
The Black background's finally up,and O.o why does Siang Lin has an additional pair of hands???
4E1's very first bubble tea shop:Happy Tea~
and it feels great to have Afian back as our assistant and advisor on Wednesday~
Now,on to the second:
This is one of the toughest tasks for the decorations,as instead of drawing and colouring, friends had to cut out templates for the spray painting to be carried out...
Randall,Banu,Gloria,Yong An(I think), Kuan Wei and Ying Xiu decorating and wrapping up the wine glasses to be used as gifts for the teachers
The end products~
There, a reunion of the founding members of ELDDS Drama Society, two years after their debut performance at the Drama of History Competition in 2005(could this be their swan song?PS:hope not)...
Not to forget:Damien's performance that was a real morale booster for those who were decorating the class on Thursday. It sure was a great start to the long time we took to decorate the class on the second day...Thanks Damien~
Classmates busy putting up the decorations for the actual day all the way till nine in the evening on Thursday even though it was getting late. Must have been tough on everyone,but it seemed like everyone was not tired yet...This was,to me, the best 6 hours I had spent during the two days of decorating the classroom for the BIG event and I enjoyed myself thoroughly during those times!
The ribbons and balloons going up to create the "red-carpet" effect for Ms Lim and the other subject teachers of class 4E1
An attempt to dress up the lights with glass paper(if that's what they're called) to create the ambiance of being in a nightclub,with the final touches being made to the rest of the classroom(the backdrop aka the banner for the 'stage') This is a job suited only for the very tall of 4E1
Damien with Yong An and Wei Xiang performing an item for the camera~
Yea~Mr Liew was back to see us!Well, at least we were glad that he was well enough to at least pay us a visit late at night in school,when we were working against time to complete the surprise for the teachers, especially Ms Lim the next day.Thanks Mr Liew, and do get well soon~
Some extra photographs taken on the way home on Thursday night(a typical student does not always experience this often on his/her way home from school at night):
The new school building at night(seems nice)
Into the darkness
I think the others will reach hoe before I do,but,I'm almost home~
The full moon was really big that evening(the blue light in the horizon), sure is a once in a blue moon sort of thing...
Now,On to the actual day:
The side gate was reported and was to be locked at all times yesterday(as instructed by the security guard)...
ACES DAY:you don't always get to see this in school, teachers wearing the school PE attire.
A pose for the camera
Mr Chia enjoying a game of floor ball in a teachers-students game at the street soccer court behind the techinical block
The 4E1 team,formed at the eleventh hour,beating another student's team to get a chance to get back at the teachers!Alas!The moment that class 4E1 had been waiting for has arrived! The drama item put up by the founding members of the ELDDS Drama Society who took part in the Drama of History competition and clinched thrid place for the school in 2005. Here, there are two guest-stars in this performance.Can you identify them?(Hint:look at the earlier photographs)
Group, Pair and class photos taken during the celebrations in class 4E1:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Post-Teachers' Day Celebrations at class 4E1, YCSS
Sadly,some of the decorations had to go,although we were given the green light by Ms Lim to keep some of them
Finally, this is the very first batch of photographs that I had put up on this blog, after almost another year of blogging, so, this is my "surprise" to mark two years of blogging?As a matter of fact, these are just some of the photographs which I obtained from Andy's,Steven's and Damien's blogs(since they're among the first to have the pictures up).It's thanks to them that I was able to put these up as a mini album.
If only times like these never failed to occur day after day,month after month and year after year. If that was so, how enjoyable life would be for all of us...